"U.S. Forest Service Chief Resigns Amid Sexual Misconduct Accusations"
"The head of the U.S. Forest Service, Tony Tooke, resigned on Wednesday amid an investigation into accusations of sexual misconduct made against him."
Source: Reuters, 03/08/2018
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Pruitt Bug-Sweep Contractor In Business With Top EPA Security Official
"Two senior Senate Democrats asked Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt on Tuesday to provide details about how a business associate of the head of his security detail got a security contract with the agency."
Source: Washington Post, 03/07/2018
Sun Doesn’t Shine at Trump Environmental Agencies
There’s little cause to celebrate upcoming Sunshine Week for those who cover Trump administration environmental agencies. The latest WatchDog catalogues how the EPA has adopted a secretive approach and displays frequent hostility to the news media, including with a troubling series of attacks on individual journalists.
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"Zinke Signed Order In January Making 'Acting' Directors Official"
"Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke gave 10 of his acting directors more permanence in January, signing an order giving them most of the authority of a Senate-confirmed director."
Source: The Hill, 03/06/2018
"EPA: Pruitt Aide Moonlights As Media Consultant"
"John Konkus, a top political aide to U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, received approval from ethics officials to work outside the agency as a media consultant."
Source: Greenwire, 03/06/2018
EPA Mapping App Helps Find, Deepen Environmental Justice Stories
As new research reminds us that pollution often disproportionately affects poor and minority communities in the United States, a long-standing mapping tool from the EPA can help reporters explore and discover those environmental justice stories nearest them. The latest TipSheet explains the problem, and walks you through the mapping app.
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Why Is Calif. Rebuilding in Fire Country? Because You’re Paying for It
"After last year’s calamity, officials are making the same decisions that put homeowners at risk in the first place."
Source: Bloomberg, 03/05/2018
"After Uproar, EPA’s Pruitt Says He Plans To Fly Coach"
"The head of the Environmental Protection Agency, facing ongoing criticism about his taxpayer-funded, first-class travels, says he plans to spend more time in coach."
Source: Washington Post, 03/02/2018
"Top Interior Aide Resigns After Anti-Muslim Posts Surface"
"A top Interior Department official who served as a special assistant to Secretary Ryan Zinke resigned Wednesday after CNN discovered her history of making anti-Muslim and conspiracy theory posts on social media."
Source: The Hill, 03/01/2018
“Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science”
A hard-nosed account of Monsanto and its controversial and popular herbicide Roundup comes in a new book by a former wire service reporter, who pieced together documentation and fact-finding from over 20 years to make a case there was a dangerous cover-up. BookShelf reviews Carey Gillam’s “Whitewash.”
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